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i was the moscow bureau chief for the "washington post." i was able to explore, to roam, to ask questions. and i also asked myself, how did it gets this way? this began a long research effort to roll back the clock. and to understand how the fissile material, the pathogens, the chemicals got so widely spread. and in the process of that research, i got very lucky one day. i discovered the papers from the kremlin. he was a professional staff member in the central committee. he passed away in 2001. but i was doing my research i found out he left behind a large amount of documents from the time that he served on the central committee as a staff member. he was in the defense department, which was responsible for the entire military industrial complex. and he was one of those fellows who lived by the power of his pencil. and his pen. he filled dozens of large notebooks with notes every day of technical details, things that had happened in the kremlin. arms control. weapon decisions. and what's so fascinating about this archive which will be avail
i was the moscow bureau chief for the "washington post." i was able to explore, to roam, to ask questions. and i also asked myself, how did it gets this way? this began a long research effort to roll back the clock. and to understand how the fissile material, the pathogens, the chemicals got so widely spread. and in the process of that research, i got very lucky one day. i discovered the papers from the kremlin. he was a professional staff member in the central committee. he passed...
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i spent a lot of time talking to people in washington. i live in washington and i spent a lot of time talking to come you know, people in and around the officials, politicians, their staff and obviously the attitudes have begun to change. this is not ever say that although people think it is not what it was before september 2008 but is still the case that an amazing number of people think finances good, unregulated finances better completely unfettered megabanks are the best. this idea is wrong. this idea is dangerous. this idea must he stopped. how are we going to do it? while the biggest things have to become smaller. you know, people say to me, well simon, there's a lot going on. it's very complicated coming up, size doesn't matter. into which i respond really? citigroup, when it failed, and serving into liquid of the difficulties. i always forget. in fall 2008, was a $2.5 trillion think it does include the off-balance sheet liabilities had to bring back on the balance sheet, 2.5 trillion. i may ask you this, if citibank identified joi
i spent a lot of time talking to people in washington. i live in washington and i spent a lot of time talking to come you know, people in and around the officials, politicians, their staff and obviously the attitudes have begun to change. this is not ever say that although people think it is not what it was before september 2008 but is still the case that an amazing number of people think finances good, unregulated finances better completely unfettered megabanks are the best. this idea is...
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the unknown factor is not what washington wants. i think washington has made their decision. that the risks and the costs of an attack on iran are too high. and the reason it's too high is not because it is not militarily executable, and i think it would be put back like a bit more, but because the iranian response will be threefold, unleashing hezbollah, de- stabilizing iraq, they are raising high, here we are. and mining the straits of hormuz, and when they mine the straits of hormuz, we have done a very careful caregivers of the cost of oil and it comes out at lots. when the united states takes a look at what iran has, it's a no-brainer. let it go. when israel takes a look at the same equation, they come up with a much more complex and difficult answer. in this particular case, israel does not have the military capability of taking out israeli nuclear weapons. ask an israeli. the route is israeli air force can't conduct a multi-we campaign. they can however launch nuclear weapons. the threat of israel launching nuclear weapons will push the united states into an impossible
the unknown factor is not what washington wants. i think washington has made their decision. that the risks and the costs of an attack on iran are too high. and the reason it's too high is not because it is not militarily executable, and i think it would be put back like a bit more, but because the iranian response will be threefold, unleashing hezbollah, de- stabilizing iraq, they are raising high, here we are. and mining the straits of hormuz, and when they mine the straits of hormuz, we have...
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in some ways iraq has skewed the way washington analyzes who is up and who is down. it looks much different underground and where the interest lies. i suppose you can argue and it is interesting fact the two big she of course, is in the region in the most successful so far are the standard bearers of some sort of arab nationalism the crop border never mind the borders and these are all historical forces and things that have to happen mysia population by sheer number must be taken into account the same way that i argue that the powerhouse to have power-sharing because they don't live on an island but the truth is that i think it would be a wise move for the government in iraq to ask the saudis exactly how or you treating your shi'ites' if you care so much about how we treat our sudanese and that is where the majority population are shi'ites how are you treating yours? those are questions that have to be answered and they are so acute lead on the table that it it would be a stabilizing move to do that whether that happens are not i am not sure. >> host: you raise a goo
in some ways iraq has skewed the way washington analyzes who is up and who is down. it looks much different underground and where the interest lies. i suppose you can argue and it is interesting fact the two big she of course, is in the region in the most successful so far are the standard bearers of some sort of arab nationalism the crop border never mind the borders and these are all historical forces and things that have to happen mysia population by sheer number must be taken into account...